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  1. takes only a few minutes each day and builds gradually.

     

    I had the same feelings until I got help from a tutor. He has changed Latin from my most dreaded subject to our favorite (alongside history). We are using Ecce Romani with the tutor, GSWL independently, and Rosetta Stone Latin for fun. Both dds did Prima Latina which is super easy to do.

     

    I really want the dc to do Latin so it was a priority to find a way.

  2. One of my dearest and oldest friends died yesterday unexpectedly. He had a massive heart attack and died in his sleep. He was 40. I want to talk to him. I want to pick up the phone and call him and just shoot the sh...t like we've been doing since we're twelve.

  3. I read SWB's recommendation that 7th or 8th graders who are starting R&S English, go back and start with R&S 5th.

     

    My questions: What about 6th graders who are starting with R&S English? Should they also go back and start with R&S5 or does R&S6 cover enough of the 5th that they can start there?

     

    My dd/5th has completed GWG6 and I am not sure if I should place her in R&S 5 or 6.

     

    Thanks.

  4. Is dd supposed to be doing pre-algebra in 6th grade?

     

    We are finishing R&S MATH 5 now and she has done fine with it. I am just not sure if it goes along a path to prepare her for higher maths in high school.

     

    What is the proper sequence for math in middle school? If she should do pre-algebra in 6th, will you please recommend your favorite curriculum for that?

     

    Thanks.

  5. :confused:

     

    DD age 11, grade 5, is finishing up GWG6. She does the lessons fairly quickly and gets it almost all right.

     

    However, it DOES NOT stick. When faced with grammar basics outside of her GWG workbook, she cannot apply it and pick out the parts of a sentence, etc., without a lot of mistakes and hemming and hawing.

     

    How can this be? She did FLL1 and GWG 3, 4, 5, and 6!!!! She gets good scores on the work.

     

    Where do I go from here? I read and re-read all of the grammar threads and I can't figure out the right curriculum to help this child.

     

    I like how clean and direct GWG is. FLL was just too wordy for us.

     

    Anyone know how to help?

  6. I want to park it there and go deep and stop with the maps, the outlines, the narrations, the tests. I want to read and discuss.

     

    I'm OK with listening to the rest on CD and talking about it but I don't want to "DO" any more work after that.

     

    Isn't 1850-1950 enough? What an exhausting period of history.

     

    Will the history fairy comment and grant wish?

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